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blissfullycurious11's review against another edition
3.0
Rounded up to 3.5
I generally liked the book but really had to trudge through it. I loved the topic of “separation of tasks” and have started using it ever since learning and a lot of other great golden nuggets. But some things made me roll my eyes. Glad I read it but wasn’t as great as I thought it would be!
I generally liked the book but really had to trudge through it. I loved the topic of “separation of tasks” and have started using it ever since learning and a lot of other great golden nuggets. But some things made me roll my eyes. Glad I read it but wasn’t as great as I thought it would be!
cawcaw's review against another edition
4.0
Although I'm not 100% on board with the ideas in this book (I share the same views as other reviewers here regarding the author's beliefs about trauma for example!), there are some thought provoking suggestions that have the potential to completely change how a person sees themselves and life in general.
juliazanne's review against another edition
5.0
A fascinating philosophical dialogue on the relevance of Adlerian psychology to everyday life.
casciocj75's review against another edition
3.0
I was not familiar with Adler and found the ideas interesting and worth considering as a framework that may be useful to an individual, but also entirely theoretical without any connection to our current understanding of neuroscience and human behavior. Some of the examples, particularly the one about non-suicidal self injury, were just offensive in their total disregard for current knowledge (i.e., all behavior asserted to be entirely attributable to its (perhaps subconscious) desired effects on others, when we know that it occurs in traumatized animals in isolation). I think these ideas could be a useful tool for many, particularly embracing the reality that you are not responsible for other people’s reactions to you if you are being true to your own principles, and that every life is valuable regardless of what capitalism has brainwashed us to think of as “achievement.” I also found the idea of thinking of our lives as a series of moments (“dances”) rather than a linear sequence, to be very freeing, encouraging living the present moment to its fullest and making room for change throughout the lifespan. The device of using dialogue between the younger and older philosopher felt forced and awkward, but did make it easy to introduce each principle and integrate it with those preceding.
alexpler's review against another edition
3.0
"Lo que ocurre es que da miedo dar un solo paso hacia adelante. Además, no quieres hacer un esfuerzo real. No quieres cambiar tanto que te veas obligado a sacrificar los placeres de que disfrutas hoy. En otras palabras, careces del valor para cambiar de estilo de vida. Es más fácil dejar las cosas tal como están ahora, a pesar de las posibles quejas o limitaciones."
kelmrobtay's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at just over 50%. I think the dialogue format was really difficult to follow over audiobook and I just never got into this.